Gaza war death toll rises
Israel has killed at least 47 Palestinians, including 14 aid seekers, and injured 226 in attacks across Gaza in the latest 24-hour reporting period, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza.
Nine bodies were also recovered from the rubble of previous Israeli attacks, the ministry said on Telegram. In the same period, at least seven people have starved to death, bringing the total count of hunger-related deaths to 258, including 110 children, the ministry said.
Israel’s war on Gaza has killed 61,944 Palestinians and injured 155,886 since October 7, 2023, the ministry added.
The total number of aid seekers killed since May 27, the day Israel introduced a new aid distribution mechanism through the US-backed GHF, has reached 1,938 with more than 14,420 injured, the statement said.
Israeli forces kill 13 Palestinians near aid centres in Gaza
Sources at the Nasser Medical Complex say at least 13 Palestinians aid seekers have been killed today by Israeli forces near the Israeli-established Morag Corridor in southern Gaza and aid distribution centres.
The total number of aid seekers killed since May 27 when Israel introduced a new aid distribution mechanism through the US-based GHF has reached at least 1,924 with more than 14,288 injured, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
Mourners take Palestinians killed by Israeli strikes in Gaza City for burial
Palestinians injured by aid airdrops in southern Gaza: Medical source
Palestinians have been injured by aid dropped from planes in the al-Mawasi area southwest of Khan Younis, our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic are reporting. The number has yet to be confirmed.
Aid agencies have said repeatedly that airdrops cannot deliver enough food to tackle a deepening hunger crisis facing Gaza’s more than two million inhabitants. They said Israel needs to open land crossings so trucks can bring in aid.
To meet the minimum to sustain a healthy population (as calculated by Israel), 1.86kg food per person per day (2,276 calories avg) you need 3,900t of food dropped per day (nearly 200 trucks). That's 390 C-130J flights daily, dropping 8,580 bundles, or in Israel/US math close to 5 million 'meals' a day. (2.5 meals per person per day sounds right)
https://www.airandspaceforces.com/biden-airdrops-aid-gaza-usaf/
The aircraft took off from Jordan and dropped 66 bundles—22 per aircraft—with over 38,000 meals ready to eat (MREs), senior administration officials told reporters. The U.S. airdrops occurred over southwest Gaza, a U.S. defense official told Air & Space Forces Magazine.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canadian-forces-humanitarian-aid-gaza-1.7601030 nearly 10t per C-130J
https://www.haaretz.com/2012-10-17/ty-article/.premium/israels-gaza-quota-2-279-calories-a-day/0000017f-e0f2-d7b2-a77f-e3f755550000
And then there's still water, medicine, shelter etc that's desperately needed. To air drop everything that's required, 1000 trucks a day to start halting the famine and reverse starvation, 20,000t of aid, 2,000 flights a day, 44,000 bundles dropping from the sky daily.
The trucks are ready to enter Gaza, air drops are just PR.
Some more PR
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/over-160-tons-of-aid-dropped-into-gaza-as-indonesia-denmark-join-international-mission/
That's 8 trucks, less than a 10th Israel lets in on avg by truck, less than 1% of what's needed to halt the famine.
